A New Jersey federal judge Tuesday agreed to certify a class of workers alleging Konica Minolta used an office relocation as a guise to conduct a mass layoff without having to pay severance.
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Class Certified In Konica Minolta Workers' Severance Dispute

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge Tuesday agreed to certify a class of workers alleging Konica Minolta used an office relocation as a guise to conduct a mass layoff without having to pay severance.

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ADP Strikes Deal In Sweeping 401(k) Class Action

By Patrick Hoff

Payroll processing company ADP has agreed to settle a 50,000-member class action alleging it kept expensive, underperforming investment options in its 401(k) plan and funneled millions of dollars from employees' retirement savings to a subsidiary, according to a filing in New Jersey federal court.

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NJ Transit Says Electronics Co. Must Cover Patent Suit Defense

By George Woolston

New Jersey Transit alleged in federal court that a railway electronics company must fund the transit agency's  defense against patent infringement claims in an underlying suit, claiming that the company provided the infringing systems and that its agreement with the company requires it to cover the defense.

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LITIGATION

Live Nation Discloses White House Involvement In DOJ Deal

By Bryan Koenig

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. confirmed that the road to its controversial settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice went all the way to the White House in a New York federal court filing that leaves many questions unanswered about a deal Democrats have cast as corrupt and failed to mollify state enforcers.

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Insurer Says Late Notice Bars Wrongful Death Suit Coverage

By Danielle Ferguson

An insurer for a New Jersey facility for people with disabilities told a federal court Monday that it does not owe coverage in an underlying wrongful death suit because the group home did not inform the insurer of the claim until two years after the suit was filed.

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States, Ex-IRS Officials Want Trump-IRS Deal Scrutinized

By Hailey Konnath

A coalition of 23 states and a group of former high-level Internal Revenue Service officials have pressed a Florida federal court to reopen Donald Trump's suit against the IRS and carefully scrutinize the resulting settlement, arguing that the litigation was "colored by fraud from the beginning."

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THIRD CIRCUIT

3rd Circ. Revives Huckabee Likeness Suit Over Meta CBD Ads

By Matthew Santoni

The Third Circuit partly revived former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. over Facebook ads that falsely claimed his endorsement of CBD products, after a panel said he'd noted enough red flags in the ads that Meta could have been aware that his name and likeness were being misused.

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PEOPLE

Archer Adds NJ Biz Litigation Partner From Cozen O'Connor

By Jake Maher

Archer & Greiner PC picked up a new partner in Voorhees, New Jersey, from Cozen O'Connor with experience in fraud and insurance-related litigation, the firm said in an announcement Tuesday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

How Reserve Studies Fit Into Condo Association Compliance

In the five years since the Surfside condominium collapse and as states like New Jersey establish related safety mandates, reserve planning has emerged as a central compliance concern for community associations, acting as a practical tool for responsible disclosure and managing long-term capital obligations, say attorneys at Dilworth Paxson.

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Drawing A Line Between Settlement Pressure And Extortion

U.S. v. Luo, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, may force courts to address anew when settlement negotiations become criminal extortion, particularly in the age of easily fabricated digital evidence, says attorney Denis Kiely.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey

Lawyers are generally happy being lawyers, but nonequity partners and associates told Law360 Pulse that several aspects of their job leave them feeling dissatisfied. Explore our analysis of these and other findings in the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction survey.

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Bonus Spotlight

Axinn Giving $25K Bonuses As Glenn Agre Matches Milbank

By Tracey Read

Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP will match the Milbank LLP base pay scale for associates, while Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP — which was already paying above-market salaries — will hand out special summer bonuses of up to $25,000, the boutiques told Law360 Pulse Tuesday.

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LA Superior Court Gains Prominence With 'Nuclear' Verdicts

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Los Angeles County Superior Court was among the country's top sites for awarding big civil damages in recent years, according to a Lex Machina report.

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NC Becomes First State To Ban Outside Funding Of Civil Suits

By Hayley Fowler

North Carolina has become the first state in the country to ban outside investors from funding civil litigation, after Democratic Gov. Josh Stein signed into law a bill that outlaws third parties from footing the bill for civil suits in exchange for a cut of the payout at the finish line.

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Calif. Judge Restores Immigration Courthouse Arrest Limits

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge Tuesday vacated the Trump administration's policies on civil arrests at immigration courthouses, restoring limits on those arrests and finding that the government didn't adequately explain its policy shift.

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NY Rule Rewrite Drops 30-Day Pause For Atty Soliciting

By Emily Sawicki

New York's Appellate Division has adopted new rules of professional conduct on attorney advertising and solicitation, deleting a ban on soliciting clients less than 30 days after an incident.

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Judicial Noms Still Say Biden Won In 2020 — Technically

By Courtney Bublé

A group of judicial nominees, who earlier this month were the first of the Trump administration's nominees to say President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, reiterated in follow-up statements that Biden won the election "as a matter of law" — doubling down on what critics say is an equivocation on the election's outcome.

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Judge Who Denied Goldstein Retrial Says It Wasn't Close Case

By Rachel Rippetoe

A Maryland federal judge has elaborated on her decision to deny SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein's bid for an acquittal or new trial, saying that the evidence presented at trial either supersedes or invalidates his claims of issues with jury instructions and insufficient or excluded evidence.

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Texas Judge Tosses Buzbee Firm's Jay-Z Conspiracy Suits

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas state court has handed a win to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and a Mississippi law firm, which sought dismissal of claims that they conspired with Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to retaliate against Houston personal injury firm The Buzbee Law Firm and two of its former clients.

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Ex-AT&T Counsel Charged Over Disclosing Privileged Info

By Sue Reisinger

A former in-house attorney for AT&T, accused of leaking privileged information to opposing counsel while seeking a share of financial gains from a lawsuit filed 18 years ago against the company, has been charged with violating attorney professional conduct rules.

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Judge Allows Brazil To Join Trump Suit Against Justice

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge on Tuesday allowed Brazil to intervene in a suit by President Donald Trump's media company and online video-sharing platform Rumble Inc. against a Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice's gag orders but deferred ruling on Brazil's motion to dismiss the suit.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Archer & Greiner

Axinn Veltrop

Bellew LLC

Boies Schiller

Bradley Arant

Brito PLLC

Buzbee Law Firm

Coblentz Patch

Cozen O'Connor

Cravath Swaine

DLA Piper

Dilworth Paxson

Dordick Law

FBT Gibbons

Faegre Drinker

Foley Hoag

Gelber Schachter

Gibson Dunn

Glenn Agre

Green Savits

Greenberg Gross

Kasowitz LLP

Kennedys Law LLP

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

MJ Legal PA

Milbank LLP

Munger Tolles

Parris Law Firm

Parry Law PLLC

Paul Weiss

Quinn Emanuel

Schlichter Bogard

Seyfarth Shaw

Sidley Austin

Spiro Harrison

Sullivan & Cromwell

Volpe Koenig

White and Williams

Winston Taylor

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Ahern Rentals Inc.

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd.

American Bar Association

American Tort Reform Association

Claremont McKenna College

Community Options Inc.

Democracy Forward Foundation

Fortress Investment Group LLC

Gawker Media LLC

George Washington University

Google LLC

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

Johnson & Johnson

Konica Minolta Holdings

Lex Machina Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Milwaukee Bucks

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

New Jersey Transit Corp.

New York City Bar Association

New York County Lawyers' Association

New York State Bar Association

Nike Inc.

North Carolina Justice Center

Pennzoil

RELX PLC

ROC Nation LLC

Starbucks Corp.

StubHub Inc.

Tegna Inc.

The District of Columbia Bar

The New York Times Co.

The State University of New York

Trump Organization Inc.

Twitter Inc.

Wabtec Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

New Jersey Court

New York State Unified Court System

North Carolina General Assembly

Texas Judicial Branch

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Senate